The Pope “Might” Bless Same-Sex Marriages on a Case-by-Case Basis
His resistance up to now was that he “couldn’t bless sin”
My son is currently in a relationship with a very sweet and kind young man. I don’t know if this young man will be my son’s forever partner, but if they would decide to marry, I could hardly see it as sinful. How ridiculous.
My other son just got married this past spring. In a Catholic Church. He’s never been baptized. Anywhere.
I grew up in a Catholic household
I was raised Catholic. My father served as a Eucharistic minister in our parish, which meant he could dispense Communion. He also would do one or both of the readings at the same mass when he’d serve Communion.
My mother was a staple in the choir, which sang at 10:30 mass every week.
Rarely did my parents attend the same mass, so we kids had a choice. We did not have the choice not to go.
I didn’t mind mass. Sure, it was boring. But I was used to it. I didn’t question my required attendance.
I did resist my mother’s dress code. I would tell her that God didn’t care what we wore. She said she cared. End of conversation.
